For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Mac Blackout, Chicago Edge Ensemble, and Moyana.

Carol was born in Longview, Washington to Edward and Dorothy Fry. She attended college, then began working for the U.S government, first at the Veteran's Administration, then ...

As Local H prepared to play their final song of the night, a fan in the front row held up a pair of prosthetic legs in clear sight of frontman Scott Lucas. “Now we’re getting nuts,” he said. Truth be ...

The coroner has released the identity of a body that was found inside a car that caught on fire and spread to a house, causing significant damage, in Fox Lake Tuesday afternoon. The Fox Lake Fire ...